1 Kings 14:29:61 Kgs.14.29.W6TAB
הֲלֹא־הֵ֣מָּה
halohemma
“are they not they”
- Transliteration
- ha-LO-HEM-ma
- Extended
- hah-LOH-HEHM-mah
- IPA
- /hăloːˈheːm.maː/
Meaning by language
- English
- are they not they
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-LO-HEM-ma
- phraseyour reading level
ha-LO-HEM-ma khe-tu-VIM
- clause
ha-LO-HEM-ma khe-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
- sentence
ve-YE-ter div-RE re-kha-va-AM ve-KHOL-a-SHER a-SA ha-LO-HEM-ma khe-tu-VIM al-SE-fer div-RE ha-ya-MIM le-mal-KHE ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The interrogative halo hemmah {הֲלֹא־הֵ֣מָּה | hal-lō hêmmāh} ‘are they not’ introduces a rhetorical question.
In context — 1 Kings 14:29
Now the remainder of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
About this coordinate
1 Kings 14:29:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 14:29, so the Hebrew word הֲלֹא־הֵ֣מָּה (halohemma) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.14.29.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.14.29.W6.S1) and character.